Native Plant Sources

MNPS is providing this list only for the convenience of those who wish to purchase native plants. It is based primarily on information received from the vendors, and therefore is not intended as an endorsement or recommendation of any of the vendors listed. Some vendors sell non-native plants in addition to the native plants they carry. We recommend that you contact the vendors for additional information about their products.

Many vendors responded to a questionnaire sent by MNPS Nursery Committee members seeking information about whether they carry local and/or regional ecotypes (plants whose individual heritage is known to be from a specific local or a specific, somewhat broader region. Based on those responses, additional information is included with some nurseries indicating:

++ local ecovars are available
+++ regional ecovars are available

* Vendors marked with an asterisk are members of the Maryland Native Plant Society.

If you wish to be listed or if your information has changed, please contact the nursery list committee at nurserylist @ MDFlora.org.

Offers seeds of many native plants and some "naturalized" wild plants. "The 2015 seed list is a result of seed collections from the Brandywine Conservancy's gardens and meadows in Chadds Ford, PA, and from wild populations and gardens in Delaware and Chester Cos." Please call or email for a list of offerings, and to check on availability.

Local ecotype native plants, many grown from seed collected, with permission, from local parks and wild areas.
Spring and fall plant sales, otherwise open by appointment.
++ local ecovars are available,
+++ regional ecovars are available

Irvine Nature Center
11201 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
Phone: 443-738-9217
Website: www.explorenature.org
Plants are for sale in spring and fall at the visitors' center. There is also a plant sale at the yearly (August) Native Plant Seminar.
++ local ecovars are available

St. John's Botanicals, Inc. *
Sydney Vallentyne *
7711 Hillmeade Road
Bowie, MD 20720
Phone: 301-262-5302
Website: www.st-johns.com
E-mail: stjohnsemail@aol.com
A small herbal arboretum set out as a teaching garden. Listed on the North American tour for the State of Maryland by the American Horticultural Society. Please call before visiting.
++ local ecovars are available

Thistlebrook Natives
Ann Bodling
2610 Bryan Point Rd.
Accokeek, MD 20607
Phone: 301-283-0083
Website: Thistlebrooknatives.com
E-mail: Thistlebrooknatives@gmail.com
Small native plant nursery offering Mid-Atlantic herbaceous perennials and grasses of woodlands and meadows, many from seed. Monthly local Accokeek market, plant sales and open to public on Thursday afternoons/evenings through the growing season. Current list of available plants on website. Grow primarily species with a few carefully chosen cultivars.
++ a few local ecovars are available
+++ many regional ecovars available